The new Jaguar XJ was launched yesterday evening in London to much (American) fanfair. After a hyped build-up, the car was finally unveiled in the presence (strangely) of Jay Leno and David Hasselhoff. We can only presume that the US ...Read More
News came through yesterday that the specialist, high-value, low-volume Swedish car maker Koenigsegg is to buy the family-orientated, generic-platformed, 'high'-volume Saab.
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To be fair, at under 100,000 units per year, Saab on its ...Read More
In true contemporary marketing style, the forthcoming 'Grand' Bentley is being drip fed to the World in bite size promotional chunks. At least, we are assuming there is an entire car to follow - the bonnet looks nice but won't ...Read More
New British Motorcycle Brand ‘Mac Motorcycles’ Unveils Plans for a Range of new Motorcycles
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A collaboration between one of the UK’s leading motorcycle design studios, Xenophya Design and Ellis Pitt has led to the launch of a ...Read More
On World Environment Day, Mitsubishi unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV *1 *2 new-generation electric vehicle (EV), describing it as "the pioneer that will open the door to the next 100 years of our automobile society." The i-MiEV will ...Read More
The XJ, the iconic old master of the Jaguar stable is off to the knacker's yard. It's successor is due shortly. In a climate of increasing cost and environmental awareness, Jaguar have their work cut out. They also have a ...Read More
Citroën is presenting a new interpretation of the DS INSIDE concept car that gives a glimpse of the first model launch in the DS line. The new version unveils the interior of the car and confirms its "powers of attraction". ...Read More
H.S.H. Albert II, Prince of Monaco, took the controls of the highly innovative Venturi Volage.
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This first official demonstration of the Venturi Volage took place last weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix ...Read More
The prestigious red dot design award is one of the largest international design competitions and received in excess of 10,000 submissions from 61 countries in 2008.
This year's red dot award: design concept 2009, is the third installment of red dot ...Read More
Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerful electric motorcycle. They share slides from distant (yet similar) childhoods that show how collaboration kick-started their friendship.
The product is the Mission One, a very modern bike with contemporary and ...Read More